Anxiety

Notes

I often finish evenings that I am calling with Bernie Chalk's dance "Nervous Breakdown". This
is a big circle dance in which you progress rapidly around the circle, so giving the opportunity
to say "goodnight" to at least half the people. However, it is not suitable for a Playford evening, so
I came up with this dance; the first half is the same as Nervous Breakdown, but I usually employ less
boisterous music.

And the name? Well Playford preceeded the current folk dances, and anxiety can preceed a nervous
breakdown!

Formation

Big circle of couples. Face you partner, so ladies are facing clockwise around the circle, and
men anti-clockwise.

Music

Track 2 "The Frost is all Over" & "Minjig" from the CD "Spreading Our Wings" by the band Skylark
is the kind of music required.
A sample from this
track is given on
Dave Brown's website. The recording is 6×AABB (i.e. 6×32 bars),
which is probably just a bit too long at the end of an evening.